The Barney Franks incident occurred in 1987. Just like with Clinton, the Reps dredge up things from the past in an effort to justify and deflect from the actions of their own party members.
They seem to forget: Nixon (R) resigned from office in disgrace, and had he not he would have been impeached. His Vice President Spiro Agnew was forced from office for tax evasion.
Rather than face the facts of their own party’s fallacies, and not being able to defend them, they resort to these tactics. Tattle Tales.

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